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Mother’s Boy

The True Story of Ed Gein and the Making of a Monster

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Mother’s Boy

By: R. M. Cochran
Narrated by: D R Hill
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In the quiet town of Plainfield, Wisconsin, no one suspected the truth. Ed Gein was the shy handyman who kept to himself — polite, soft-spoken, and always willing to lend a hand. But behind the boarded windows of his crumbling farmhouse, he was creating a world made of nightmares.

When police entered his home in 1957, they uncovered horrors beyond imagination — lampshades made of human skin, skulls turned into bowls, and the body of a missing woman hanging like a deer in his shed. What they discovered that cold November night would shock the nation and redefine evil itself.

Based on exhaustive research and real court documents, Mother’s Boy digs deeper than ever into the twisted mind of Ed Gein — exploring the toxic devotion to his domineering mother, the lonely years that warped his sanity, and the crimes that inspired Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Silence of the Lambs.

Step inside the world of the man who became the blueprint for America’s most terrifying killers.

This is more than a story of murder.

It’s the story of a son who could never let go of his mother — even in death.

©2025 R. M. Cochran (P)2025 R. M. Cochran
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